Healthy, safe and effective international medical student electives: a systematic review and recommendations for program coordinators.

Background: Thousands of medical students undertake international medical electives each year. These students face potentially substantial health and safety risks as well as educational and ethical challenges and therefore should undertake their electives within well-structured and coordinated programs.

Methods: We conducted a qualitative systematic review based on a pre-determined protocol.

Simulation based education - models for teaching surgical skills in general practice.

Background: Simulation based education is an accepted method of teaching procedural skills in both undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. There is an increasing need for developing authentic simulation models for use in general practice training.

Objective: This article describes the preparation of three simulation models to teach general practice registrars basic surgical skills, including excision of a sebaceous cyst and debridement and escharectomy of chronic wounds.

General practice research and research skill needs--attitudes of GP supervisors.

Background: General practice research is an important learning area in general practice registrar training. General practitioner supervisors have a central role in registrar training. Registrar training in Tasmania has the added component of a research project.